Sri Lanka brings home its 113 stranded nationals, mostly students, from India

Sri Lanka on Sunday brought back its 113 nationals, mostly students, stranded in India due to nationwide coronavirus lockdown.

A special SriLankan Airlines flight carrying 113 Sri Lankans, including three infants, arrived at Bandaranaike International Airport Sunday afteron from Coimbatore, Colombo Gazzete reported.

Sri Lankan nationals, many of m students, who were stuck in Tamil Nu, Puducherry and Kerala after coronavirus lockdown was enforced, were identified and brought to Coimbatore.

Sri Lanka has identified nearly 1,000 students studying in various parts of India and will be evacuating m in phases, police in Coimbatore said. Sri Lankan Airlines has been operating special flights to repatriate Sri Lankans.

It said special flights are being operated as part of measures taken by Ministry of Foreign Relations to bring back Sri Lankans stranded overseas.

flights are being operated to and from Amritsar and Coimbatore in India, Karachi and Lahore in Pakistan, and Kathmandu in Nepal. All those repatriated have been handed over to health officials and Tri- Forces personnel upon landing.

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